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I’m thinking of picking up a pre-built PC since this one even with a new SSD is still slow and parts are so hard to find right now or are being price gouged. I can get the same setup prebuilt for almost the same price as building it myself.

I can go with one company that only uses the Nvidia RTX 3080/3090

Or a different one that’s uses the AMD RX 6800 XT/6900

I’ve read both the 3090 and 6900 are more work station cards so I’m not going to spend the extra on those and the 6800 is at most 10% slower then the 6900 and in some tests the 6800 beats it.

I’m leaning towards the 6800, does anyone have real life experience with it instead of just review sites or experience with the 3080?

Thanks.

I’m thinking of picking up a pre-built PC since this one even with a new SSD is still slow and parts are so hard to find right now or are being price gouged. I can get the same setup prebuilt for almost the same price as building it myself. I can go with one company that only uses the Nvidia RTX 3080/3090 Or a different one that’s uses the AMD RX 6800 XT/6900 I’ve read both the 3090 and 6900 are more work station cards so I’m not going to spend the extra on those and the 6800 is at most 10% slower then the 6900 and in some tests the 6800 beats it. I’m leaning towards the 6800, does anyone have real life experience with it instead of just review sites or experience with the 3080? Thanks.

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last time i bought an amd card i had nothing but driver issues. it would constantly blue screen Thread Stuck in Device Driver. id have to start it 3 times every time i turned on my pc and pray id get it to run. i chucked that pile of shit card and bought a 2060 super it has been starting fine since. idk maybe they fixed it but fuck that i dont care to find out.

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I’ve never had that problem, I did have it with an 8800gt from nvidia and I got rid of it within a month.

I’m sure I’ve had at least one other nvidia card and didn’t have any problems though.

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I've had nvidia cards on and off over the years, along with several ATI/AMD cards. I've had no issues with either, really. Currently using an NVidia 980Ti

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now to think of it I did have the unlockable 6800, then the 7800 and 7900 something then the 8800gt crapped out constantly. Then it’s been amd cards since. I’ve never had problems with cards or drivers except for that 8800gt. IIRC the first batch had overheating issues due to thermal paste/cooler not fully attaching or something.

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It's funny, because my last nvidia card was an 8800 something or other. I haven't used an nvidia card since then, because fuck them, I still remember what they did to 3dfx. I've never had all the issues with amd drivers that other people have. Guess I've been lucky.

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before that card all my other amd cards were good it was that one that refused to it was an r9390x. i updated the drivers every time one came out it would work a while then back to the error screens. i guess this whole thing is like trying to convince someone why they should be drinking coke or pepsi.

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Nah. I'm not one for discounting someone's anecdotal experience. I had an r9 280x before what I have now, and it worked fine for a couple of years, and then started acting strange. I thought it may have been drivers at that point, and about a week later the power circuitry just gave up on it, and it wouldn't display anything anymore. (I tried running it in multiple computers.) When I put the replacement grahpics card in, the power supply went, so I'd imagine the problem was related.